Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Many of these parties have links to the trade union movement or organised labour in general. Labour parties can exist across the political spectrum, but most are

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in so ...

parties. The largest Labour parties, such as the UK Labour Party,

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms ...

New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party ( mi, Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers desc ...

and Israeli Labor Party, tend to have a social democratic or democratic socialist orientation.

Angola

MPLA The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, Abbreviation, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wi ...

, known for some years as "Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party"

Antigua and Barbuda

* Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party

Argentina

* Labour Party (Argentina)

Armenia

* All Armenian Labour Party *

United Labour Party (Armenia) The United Labour Party () is a social-democratic political party in Armenia. It is led by Gurgen Arsenyan. History Following the Armenian parliamentary election on 25 May 2003, the party won 5.7% of the popular vote and 6 out of 131 seats i ...

Australia

** Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) **

Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) The Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), also known as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the members of the party caucus, comprising all party me ...

** Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) **

Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) The Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), commonly known as South Australian Labor, is the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre- ...

** Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) ** Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) * Democratic Labour Party (Australia) * Progressive Labour Party (Australia) * Industrial Socialist Labor Party, active late-1910s and early 1920s

Bahamas

* Labour Party (Bahamas)

Barbados

* Barbados Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

Belarus

Belarusian Labour Party The Belarusian Labour Party ( be, Беларуская партыя працы, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a social-democratic political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the ...

Belgium

* Belgian Labour Party, active 1885–1940

Bermuda

* Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)

Brazil

* Brazilian Labour Party (historical), 1945–1965 *

Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) The Democratic Labour Party ( pt, Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT) is a social-democratic political party in Brazil. History The Democratic Labour Party (PDT) was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reo ...

, since 1979 * Brazilian Labour Party (current), since 1979 * Brazilian Labour Renewal Party, since 1994 * Avante (political party), since 2017, Labour Party of Brazil, 1989–2017 * Podemos (Brazil), since 2016, National Labour Party, 1995–2016 * Act (Brazil), since 2021, Christian Labour Party, 2000–2021 *Labour Social Party, 1996–2003 *Brazilian Renovator Labour Party, 1993–1994 *

Renovator Labour Party The Reform Labour Party ( pt, Partido Trabalhista Renovador, PTR) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1985. In 1993 the party merged with the Social Labour Party into Progressive Party. In 1995 the Progressive Party merged with the Reform ...

, 1985–1993 *Labour Social Party, 1988–1993 *Labour Liberal Party, 1991–1993 *Communitarian Labour Party, 1992 *Party of Labour Unity's Movement, 1990 *Agrarian Socialist and Labour Renovator Party, 1985–1990 *National Labour Party, 1986–1989 *Reformer Labour Party, 1985–1986 *National Labour Party, 1945–1965 *Renovator Labour Movement, 1959–1965 *

Social Labour Party The Social Labour Party ( pt, Partido Social Trabalhista, PST) was a political party in Brazil. The PST was founded by dissidents of the Brazilian Labor Party in 1947. Abolished by the military regime in 1965, it was re-organized in 1988 befor ...

, 1947–1965 *Labour Republican Party, 1948–1965 * Orienting Labour Party, 1945–1951 *National Union of Labor, 1948–1965

Burkina Faso

* Party of Labour of Burkina, active 1990–1996 * Voltaic Labour Party, active circa 1970

Burundi

* Independent Labor Party

Canada

* Canadian Labour Party, active 1917–1929 * Labour candidates and parties in Canada, active 1870s–1960s *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialistThe foll ...

(Farmer-Labour-Socialist), active 1932–1961 *

Labor-Progressive Party The Labor-Progressive Party (french: Parti ouvrier-progressiste) was the legal front of the Communist Party of Canada from 1943 to 1959. Origins and initial success In the 1940 federal election, the Communist Party led a popular front in s ...

, the legal political organization of the Communist Party of Canada active 1943–1959 * North American Labour Party, an unregistered party active circa 1970s *

Cape Breton Labour Party The Cape Breton Labour Party was a social democratic provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, which drew most of its support from Cape Breton, the northern part of the Province of Nova Scotia. Founding The party was founded by Paul ...

, active 1970–1984

Republic of the Congo

* Congolese Party of Labour

Croatia

* Croatian Labourists – Labour Party * Croatian Labour Party

Curaçao

* Labour Party People's Crusade

Dominica

* Dominica Labour Party

Estonia

* Estonian Labour Party, active 1917–1932

Fiji

* Fiji Labour Party

Georgia

* Georgian Labour Party

Gibraltar

* Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party *

Gibraltar Labour Party The Gibraltar Labour Party was a political party in Gibraltar. They described themselves as a progressive socialist organisation and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were fou ...

, active 2003–2005

Greenland

Labour Party (Greenland) The Labour Party ( kl, Sulissartut Partiat, ) was a short-lived leftist political party in Greenland. The party was founded in early 1979 as the political wing of the ''Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat'' (SIK) trade union centre. ...

, active 1979–1983

Grenada

Grenada United Labour Party The Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) is a political party in Grenada. History The party was founded by Eric Gairy in 1950. It contested the first elections held under universal suffrage in 1951, and won six of the eight seats. Nohlen, D (200 ...

Guatemala

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos The Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Alamos'') was an underground communist party in Guatemala. PGT-Alamos was formed as a regroupment of the few elements in the Alamos, Gu ...

, an underground communist party active circa 1980s *

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party :''See Communist party (disambiguation)#Labor.2C Labour, Communist party (disambiguation) for other similarly named groups.'' Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Part ...

, an underground communist party active 1979–1983

Guyana

British Guiana Labour Party The British Guiana Labour Party (BGCP) was a political party in British Guiana. History The BGCP was formed in June 1946, with its leadership included Jung Bahadur Singh, J.A. Nicholson, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow and Ashton Chase. It contested ...

, active 1946–1950 * Guyana Labour Party, active circa 1990s

Hong Kong

* Labour Party (Hong Kong)

India

* Independent Labour Party (India), active circa 1936–1938 *

Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was a political party in India. The party was founded by Singaravelu Chettiar on 1 May 1923 in Madras. This was the first May Day celebration in India. This was also the first time the red flag was used in Ind ...

, active 1923–1925 * Labour Party (India),

Indonesia

* Labour Party (Indonesia, 1949), active 1949–1955 * Labour Party of Indonesia, active 1945–1948 * Labour Party (Indonesia, 1998) *

Labour Party (Indonesia, 2021) The Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh) is a political party in Indonesia founded on 5 October 2021. The party was reformed from and is a continuation of the defunct 1998 Labour Party founded by Muchtar Pakpahan. The party formed after the 4th Labour ...

Ireland

* Labour Party (Ireland)

Isle of Man

* Manx Labour Party

Israel

* Israeli Labor Party

Italy

* Labour Federation (Italy), active 1994–1998 * Labour Party (Italy), active since 2012

Jamaica

* Jamaica Labour Party * National Labour Party (Jamaica), active circa 1950s and 1960s

Japan

Japan Labour-Farmer Party The was a socialist political party in Japan between December 1926 and December 1928. During its existence, it occupied a centrist position in the divided socialist movement. Foundation The Japan Labour-Farmer Party was one of several proleta ...

, active 1926–1928 * Farmer-Labour Party, active 1925

Korea

* Labor Party (South Korea) *

Democratic Labor Party (South Korea) The Democratic Labor Party () was a progressive and nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and was considered more lef ...

Latvia

* Workers' Party (Latvia), active 1920–1923 and 1997–2008

Liberia

* Labor Party of Liberia

Lithuania

Labour Party (Lithuania) The Labour Party ( lt, Darbo partija, DP) is a populist political party in Lithuania. The party was founded in 2003 by the Russian-born millionaire businessman and member of Seimas Viktor Uspaskich. History Foundation and first government (200 ...

Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos demokratinė darbo partija, LDDP) was the renamed Communist Party of Lithuania. It was a political party in Lithuania in the 1990s, which claimed to be social-democratic. The youth organizati ...

, active 1989–2001

Malaysia

* Labour Party of Malaya, active 1952–1969

Malta

* Labour Party (Malta)

Mauritius

* Labour Party (Mauritius)

Mexico

* Labor Party (Mexico)

Moldova

* Labour Party (Moldova)

Morocco

* Labour Party (Morocco)

Namibia

South West African Labour Party The South West African Labour Party, initially known as the Federal Coloured People's Party, was a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1973, and led by Andrew Kloppers. In October 1974, it won the elections to the South West Africa Coloure ...

, active circa 1970s

Netherlands

* Labour Party (Netherlands) *

Central Democratic Labour Party The Central Democratic Labour Party (in Dutch: ''Centrale Democratische Arbeiderspartij'') was a political party in the Netherlands, which participated in the 1933 parliamentary election. The party mustered 182 votes, almost exclusively from Amst ...

, active 1933

New Caledonia

* Labour Party (New Caledonia)

New Zealand

* New Zealand Labour Party (1910), active 1910–1912 *

United Labour Party (New Zealand) The United Labour Party (ULP) of New Zealand was an early left-wing political party. Founded in 1912, it represented the more moderate wing of the labour movement. In 1916 it joined with other political groups to establish the modern Labour Par ...

, active 1912–1916 *

Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand) The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) was a left-wing political party in New Zealand in the 1940s. It was a splinter from the larger Labour Party, and was led by the prominent socialist John A. Lee. Party history The Democratic Labour Party orig ...

, active circa 1940s * NewLabour Party, active 1989–2000

Nigeria

* Labour Party (Nigeria)

Norway

Labour Party (Norway) The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the cen ...

Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway The Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway (in Norwegian ''Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti'') was a Norwegian political party in the 1920s. Following the Labour Party's entry into the Comintern in 1919 its right wing left the party t ...

, active circa 1920s

Panama

Labor Party (Panama) The Labor Party ( es, Partido Laborista) was a Panamanian political party. The initiative to launch the Labor Party began in 1927. Founders of the party included Diógenes de la Rosa, Don Cristóbal Segundo and Domingo H. Turner. The party obtaine ...

, active 1925–1930

Papua New Guinea

Bougainville Labour Party Bougainville Labour Party (BLP) is a political party in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It was established ahead of the inaugural 2005 election by lawyer Thomas Tamusio and philosopher Albert Toro. The party endorsed Bouga ...

* PNG Labour Party *

People's Labour Party (Papua New Guinea) The People's Labour Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. History It was founded in April 2001 by Madang businessman and former MP Peter Yama, who sought a return to politics after having lost his seat at the 1997 election. He pledge ...

Pakistan

* Labour Party Pakistan

Philippines

Partido ng Manggagawa Partido Manggagawa or Labor Party is a political party in the Philippines. In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, it got 448,072 votes (3.5220% of the nationwide vote) and one seat (Renato Magtubo Renatus is a first name ...

* Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka

Poland

* Labour Union * Polish Labour Party-August 80, active 2001–2017 * Labour Faction (1937), active 1937–1946 *

Labor Party (Partia Pracy) Partia Pracy ''( en, Labour Party)'' was a Polish political party active in the interwar period, created in 1925. The party was formed by politicians who had left Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (PSL-Wyzwolenie) in protest of the PSL's suppor ...

, active 1925–1930 * Labour Faction (1989), active 1989–2005

Puerto Rico

Labor Party (Puerto Rico) The Labor Party ( es, Partido Obrero), also known as the Socialist Worker's Party ( es, Partido Obrero Socialista), was a political party in Puerto Rico from 1899 to 1915. The party was founded on July 18, 1899 by Santiago Iglesias Pantín, an ...

, active 1899–1915

Romania

* Labor Party (Romania)

Russia

* Labour Party (Russia)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is currently in government in the country after winning six of the eleven seats in the 2022 general elec ...

Saint Lucia

* Saint Lucia Labour Party

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Unity Labour Party

Samoa

* Western Samoa Labour Party, active circa 1990s

Senegal

Labour Party of Sine Saloum Labour Party of Sine Saloum (in French: ''Parti travailliste du Sine Saloum'') was a political party in Sine-Saloum, Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''A ...

, active circa 1960

Singapore

* Labour Front *

Labour Party (Singapore) The Labour Party was a political party in Singapore. History The party was established on 23 March 1948 by several trade unionists.Labour Party (Slovakia) Labour Party ( sk, Strana práce) also known as Social Democracy in Slovakia ( sk, Sociálna demokracia na Slovensku) was a political party in the post-World War II Slovakia. The party was formed in 1946 by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation ...

Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands Labour Party * Labour Party (Solomon Islands), active 1970–1971

South Africa

* New Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa, 1969)

Sri Lanka

* Ceylon Labour Party

Suriname

* Surinamese Labour Party

Switzerland

* Swiss Party of Labour

Tanzania

* Tanzania Labour Party

Taiwan

* Labor Party (Taiwan)

Thailand

Labour Party (Thailand) Labour Party is a political party in Thailand. History Labour Party (1968-1971) The Labour Party was founded on December 23, 1968 by Kan Chueakeaw as leader and Weera Thanomkiang as secretary-general. On February 10, 1969 the Labour Party lo ...

Trinidad and Tobago

* Trinidad Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party *

United Labour Front The United Labour Front (ULF) was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago and the main opposition party between 1976 and 1986. It was a successor to the Democratic Labour Party and the Workers and Farmers Party. History The party was establis ...

* Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago * Caribbean National Labour Party

Turkey

* Labour Party (Turkey)

Ukraine

* Labour Party Ukraine * Labour Ukraine

United Kingdom

Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of Social democracy, social democrats, Democratic socialism, democratic socialists and trade u ...

, one of two main political parties in the United Kingdom ** Scottish Labour Party, division of the party for Scotland ** Welsh Labour, division of the party for Wales ** London Labour, division of the party for London ** Labour Party in Northern Ireland, the unregistered division of the party for Northern Ireland * Labour – Federation of Labour Groups * Newtownabbey Labour Party * Republican Labour Party * Social Democratic and Labour Party * Socialist Labour Party (UK)

Former

* Belfast Labour Party *

Communist Labour Party (Scotland) :''See Communist party (disambiguation) for other similarly named groups.'' The Communist Labour Party was a Communist Party in Scotland. It was formed in September 1920 by the Scottish Workers' Committee and the Scottish section of the Communis ...

* Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) * Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998), a minor party in Walsall, England * Independent Labour Party * Irish Labour Party in Northern Ireland * Labour Party of Northern Ireland * National Labour Organisation * Northern Ireland Labour Party * Republican Labour Party, in Northern Ireland * Scottish Labour Party (1888)

United States

* Labor Party (United States, 1996) * Socialist Labor Party of America, established 1876

Former

American Labor Party The American Labor Party (ALP) was a political party in the United States established in 1936 that was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party of ...

, 1936–1956 *

American Labor Party (1932) The American Labor Party (ALP) was the final name of a De Leonist splinter group in the US in the early 1930s. The ALP had split from the Industrial Union League, which in turn had split from the Socialist Labor Party in the late 1920s. The lead ...

, active until 1935 *

Communist Labor Party of North America The Communist Labor Party of the United States of North America (CLP) or (CLP(USNA)) was an anti-revisionist communist party that was part of the New Communist movement in the United States. The CLP was founded in 1974 and disbanded in 1993. The ...

, 1953–1974 * Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 * Greenback Labor Party, active 1874–1889 * Labor Party (Hawaii), 1908 * Labor Party (United States, 19th century), several parties * Labor Party of the United States, active circa 1919 * Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 * Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party * Union Labor Party (California), active 1901–1912 * U.S. Labor Party, a short-lived LaRouchite political party active circa 1970s

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Labour Party The Vanuatu Labour Party ( bi, Vanuatu Leba Pati; french: Parti Travailliste du Vanuatu) is a political party in Vanuatu. The party was established on 3 June 1987. It was founded on the initiative of various trade union organizations in order to ...

Zimbabwe

* Zimbabwe Labour Party